Advanced Television

Wuaki.tv 220% increase in UK users

Wuaki.tv, the movie and TV series streaming service, saw significant company growth in the UK during 2014. Wuaki.tv now has over 400,000 registered users in the UK as of December 2014, a 220 per cent increase over the last 12 months. Company revenues have also increased 212 per cent during this period. Wuaki.tv has also […]

December 19, 2014

Fox boost for Hulu

Hot on the heels of agreeing a deal for exclusive ABC content, US online entertainment streaming service has revealed what it describes as a landmark agreement with Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution for FX Networks’ Original Series Produced by FX Productions. The agreement will make Hulu the subscription video on-demand (SVOD) home to the largest […]

December 19, 2014

Sky Deutschland scores Europa League rights

Sky Deutschland has secured the live broadcasting rights for the UEFA Europa League up to and including the 2017/18 season. In combination with the rights for the UEFA Champions League, Sky will continue to exclusively show all matches of the German and Austrian teams. The new rights deal will become effective as of the 2015/16 […]

December 19, 2014

Majority of US ISPs offer lower-speed service

Research from the Economics and Statistics Administration (ESA) of the US Department of Commerce – Competition Among U.S. Broadband Service Providers – has found that more service providers offer lower-speed than higher-speed service. Noting that more than one quarter of American homes have not adopted Internet service, with many citing cost as their primary reason […]

December 19, 2014

Australia: TV still centrepiece for content

In Q3 2014, Australians across the population watched an average of 96 hours and 58 minutes (96:58) per month of broadcast television (including free-to-air and subscription channels) on their in-home TV sets – up 1 hour and 7 minutes (1:07) per month YOY. This equates to a little more than 3 hours per Australian per […]

December 19, 2014

Freesat Showcase to ease Xmas viewing planning

UK subscription-free satellite TV service Freesat has expanded its editorial offering to support the busy Christmas TV schedule with the launch of two new Christmas genres in its Showcase service. Showcase takes a human-touch approach to curate a selection of shows hand-picked by Freesat’s in-house editorial team. TV viewers can get recommendations for what to […]

December 19, 2014By Colin Mann

NAS sales to grow 45% this year

The external hard disk drive market in EMEA is experiencing turbulent times, with NAS sales pushing forward and performing in a difficult market, according to the latest quarterly external HDD report from Futuresource Consulting. “Across the EMEA region – where we track 17 countries – we’ve seen NAS sales hit a growth spurt,” says Mats […]

December 19, 2014

TVN, Cyfrowy Polsat extend distribution

TVN and Cyfrowy Polsat signed agreements to extend the ongoing cooperation in the field of distribution of paid and free-to-air TVN channels in Poland. The agreements relate to nine TVN Group’s channels currently distributed by the largest Polish satellite platform Cyfrowy Polsat: TVN, TVN7, TTV, TVN24, TVN Meteo, TVN Style, TVN Turbo, TVN24 Biznes i […]

December 19, 2014

Anevia next-gen Cloud Monitoring

Anevia has announced the first service in its new Cloud strategy. Introduced to Anevia customers and partners during its fist Cloud Conference, Anevia Cloud Monitoring is a software-as-a-service based application allowing global maintenance of enterprise television deployments based on Anevia Flamingo XL and XS IPTV head-ends. Anevia’s Cloud Monitoring service allows lost-channel issues such as […]

December 19, 2014

Visiware launches 8 game services on Numericable Belux

Visiware, the specilaist in games for interactive television, is offering 8 interactive game channels for the cable operator Numericable’s subscribers in Belgium and Luxemburg. These services, already available on Numericable in France, are now broadcasted not only in French, in Dutch and German as well. From now on subscribers can enjoy two additional languages without […]

December 19, 2014